The Sadat Resthouse built in Garf Huseyn Egypt in 1981 shows some of Hassan Fathy’s trademark features Here you can see the thick walls and air scoops that help cool the building naturally DID YOU KNOW Hassan Fathy is quoted as having said Architecture is music frozen in place and music is architecture frozen in time What do you suppose he meant by this 8
HASSAN FATHY C u l ture-ConsciousArchitect Hassan Fathy is famous as a humanitarian architect He built homes and buildings that put people’s needs first Fathy was born in 1900 in Alexandria Egypt He studied there and began his career in Egypt Fathy’s goal was to build affordable housing for local S EA R C H LIG H T Egyptian people He felt that many European building methods and designs that had come into his country weren’t right for it He thought houses should be built from local materials according to local designs and with traditional methods By building this way he lowered the cost of his houses and respected the culture of the area as well In addition traditional methods and materials tended to suit the local climate best The New Gourna Village was built of a sticks b straw c mud Because Egypt is a very hot country it is important to make houses as cool as possible Fathy’s buildings often had thick walls to keep out heat surrounding interior courtyards Air scoops on the roofs caught winds from the desert and funneled them down through the buildings By these natural methods Fathy managed to keep the houses cool inside One of Fathy’s most famous creations was the New Gourna Village near Luxor Egypt The original village was near the archaeological digs of ancient Luxor and had to be relocated Fathy trained the local people in the ancient tradition of mud-brick construction The people then built themselves new homes that were almost entirely of mud bricks and that kept all the good features of their former homes Hassan Fathy Courtesy of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Fathy died in 1989 but his work has inspired many young architects in the Middle East He promoted ideas that adapted traditional styles and methods to the needs of the present day C o u r t e s y o f t h e A g a K h a n T r u s t f o r C u l t u r e LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES CHARLES DICKENS NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN MICHELANGELO Answer c mud 9
Michelangelo’s statue of the Madonna della Pietà is one of his most famous works He completed it in 1499 S EA R C H LIG H T David was the name of Michelangelo’s a teacher b student c statue 10 S u p e r S t o c k
MICHELANGELO G e nius of European A r Once there was a small boy in Florence who loved to watch painters and sculptors at work He wanted to be an artist but his father did not like the idea Little did the man know that his son Michelangelo would become one of the world’s most famous artists t Michelangelo began training as an artist at age 13 He was so interested in his art that he often forgot to eat and slept on the floor beside his unfinished artwork He refused help even on big projects so some works took years to complete Many were never finished Michelangelo worked in Rome and Florence In Rome he was commissioned to carve a Pietà This is a S t e f a n o i B a n c h e t t i C o r b s i P i z z o l l i A b e r t o C o r b s S y g m a i marble statue showing the Virgin Mary supporting the dead Christ on her knees The finished work known as the Madonna della Pietà made him famous And in Florence Michelangelo spent two years working on a huge block of marble From it he carved David one of the world’s finest and best-known sculptures Between 1508 and 1512 Michelangelo created his most famous work the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Top Portrait of Michelangelo Bottom Michelangelo’s frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and west wall behind the altar Rome’s Vatican He painted much of the ceiling while lying on his back in a tight cramped position The fresco paintings of figures and events from the Bible are huge and splendid The wall behind the altar depicts the Last Judgment of humanity by God Michelangelo was so admired that he became the first European artist whose life story was written during his own lifetime LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN FRANCISCO DE GOYA XIA GUI DID YOU KNOW into went that ime t found t the Michelangelo l te al Despi te poems twork i his ar ldings to design bui and even create defensive st Florence for wr ime ructures Answer c statue 11
